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Why Coakley Lost!

James — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:00:32 +0000

So the Obama honeymoon is over, or that folks are afraid of what the proposed health care package for the Nation is going to cost and by adding one more Republican to the Senate will help to keep the Democrats under control with their spending. They can say that and even more.

No boys and girls here’s why Coakley lost. Because she was entitled to win.

When you run a campaign with the mindset that you are a shoe-in, and don’t take the normal effort of a good politician and get out among the people, show who you are and what you stand for and against, you are destined to fail. How many times have we seen that happen in baseball at the World Series or in football at the Super Bowl.

You as a politician are entitled to nothing, you earn your constituents votes. You are not handed a blank check with a signature. You don’t automatically get the keys to the Emerald City. As they use to say in the old Smith-Barney commercials, “You Earn It”.

I just hope Attorney General Richard Blumenthal here in Connecticut who will be running for retiring Senator Chris Dodd’s seat has been taking lots of notes on how not to run a campaign of entitlement.

If politicians were entitled to their positions, we would be living in a Monarchy …. or worse.

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A Defining Moment

James — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:00:09 +0000

Over Thanksgiving weekend, a small group of Democrats circulated a letter calling on Democratic legislators to post, and pass, a marriage equality bill that would give gays and lesbians the same right to marry the rest of us enjoy.

Our goal was to get 100 signatures, which would send a clear message that we expected our legislators to stand up for the values of the Democratic Party and its strong legacy of civil rights.

By the end of the week, 2,500 of the state’s most prominent Democratic activists, including elected officials, consultants, fundraisers, campaign operatives, staffers and grassroots supporters, signed on to our letter. In all my years in politics, I cannot recall another time when so many came together to support a single issue.

This group represents the backbone of the Democratic Party and our message to legislators is clear: we will have your back when you do the right thing and support marriage equality. Most of us have dedicated our careers to getting Democrats elected to public office and we would never do anything to undermine our party and its elected officials. It is precisely because we believe that there are no negative political consequences to supporting this very basic civil right that we are urging this course of action.

More at: NJ Voices Guest Blog!

Obama’s Birth Certificate

James — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:00:43 +0000

The right-wing obsession about the authenticity of President Obama’s birth certificate still hasn’t died down. The nation may have 45 million people without health insurance and continues to watch its soldiers come home dead and maimed from Iraq and Afghanistan, but to some this is still a major issue worthy of sucking up the national conversation —- as you can see by California’s own GOP Rep. John Campbell’s appearance Tuesday on “Hardball.” Campbell, who has co-sponsored a bill requiring future presidential candidates to produce their birth certificates, gets a beat-down from Chris Matthews: “What you’re doing is appeasing the nutcases” Matthews tells him, and later, “You are feeding the wacko wing of your party.” Ouch.

Barack Obama Leads

James — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:58:30 +0000

Barack Obama is committed to turning around the economy and helping every American have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. Barack will start us on a path to prosperity by first changing the tax policy. The Bush tax cuts give those who earn over $1 million dollars a tax cut nearly 160 times greater than that received by middle-income Americans. Obama will cut income taxes by $1,000 for working families, and eliminate income taxes for seniors who make less than $50,000 per year.

Read more of this blog at barackobama.com.

LGBT for Obama

James — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:29:28 +0000

After 35 years fighting for LGBT equality, I truly believe this: there has never been a more critical election for our community than the Presidential election that is on our doorstep. Everything — absolutely everything — we have fought for in the last 40 years is at stake. Trust me. There is nothing more important than the next three months of our lives. Nothing!

In less than 85 days, the nation will decide who our next President will be and we have the opportunity to play a major role in determining the outcome. We are more organized than ever before and we are giving record amounts of money, but we must give and raise more So lets go!! We must elect Barack Obama.

So — why this BLOG and fundraising tool site? We want to give you everything you need to easily raise money.

Visit the site at lgbtforobama.com.